Drapery support



1958 E. w. DANCES 2,821,763

DRAPERY SUPPORT Filed Aug. 18, 1955 United States Patent 6 2,821,763 DRAPERY SUPPORT Edward W. Dances, Newport Beach, Calif.

Application August 18, 1955, Serial No. 529,270

3 Claims. (Cl. 24-86) This invention relates to a drapery support for supporting a drapery slidably on a rod or the like by means of a hook, and has as an object the provision of simple and effective means for rapidly changing the elevation of the supporting hook relatively to the drapery. It will be understood that with a drapery supported by a number of such books, it is essential that the hooks be evenly adjusted to hold the drape without sags or wrinkles.

Another object of the invention is to eliminate the large amount of sewing necessary with most hooks, by providing a hook-plate which may be quickly pushed into the fabric, like a pin, and may be as quickly removed, when the drapery is taken down for cleaning. When replaced in the drapery after a cleaning, it is not unusual for a support to be re-set in a new location, either higher or lower, and in that event the above-stated object of quick vertical adjustment of the hook itself is of great advantage.

Other objects and useful advantages will become apparent as the following specification proceeds, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a side elevational view of my improved drapery support, showing the hook in one position and again, in dotted lines, in a lower position;

Fig. 2 is a frontal elevational view of the plate, forming part of the drapery support, by which the hook itself is attached to the drapery;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the plate, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the hook detached from the plate.

Having reference now to the details of the drawings, I have illustrated a hook 5 having an elongated shank 6, and a hook end 7, preferably with a return bend 8 toward the hook shank to prevent accidental dislodgement from a curtain rod, and bent outwardly again at its extreme end 9 to permit easy placement upon a curtain rod. The shank 6 is provided along one side, preferably the side toward the hook end 7 with a plurality of small lumps or detents 10, spaced evenly. These small enlargements may easily be stamped from the metal of the shank 6.

For attaching the hook 5 adjustably to a drapery, I provide a plate 11, having prongs 12, preferably stampcut, on one side for attachment to a drapery 13, and a plurality of bridges 14, also stamped from the metal of the plate, on its other side. The bridges 14 are shaped to have a major dimension and a minor dimension, the major dimension permitting the shank 6 and detents 10 to pass through the bridges, and the minor dimension preventing the passage of the detents 10 therethrough while being ample to span the shank 6. The bridges 14 are spaced vertically on the plate 11 at distances which are ice multiples of the spacing of the detents 10 on the shank 6. At the lower edge of each of the bridges 14 is a notch 15, of sufiicient size to span the detents 10 and prevent the shank 6, when the detents are so engaged, from being rotated within the bridges.

As illustrated, the detents 10 are on the side of the shank 6 toward the hook end 7 and the major dimension of the bridges is in their length across the plate 11, the minor dimension being their height or extension from the face of the plate 11. Alternatively, the detents might be on either adjacent side of the shank 6 and the major dimension of the bridges might be in their height and the minor dimension in their length.

In hanging a drapery, the plate 11 is first attached to the drapery 13 by pressing the prongs 12 therethrough and bending them upwardly. The plate 11 need only be approximately positioned in this manner, the final adjustment being made by the hook 5. The shank 6 of the hook 5 is then inserted under the bridges 14, the shank sliding freely through the bridges when the hook end 7 is turned so as to be parallel with the face of the plate 11. When the proper height of the hook end 7 has been found, the hook end is turned outwardly from the plate 11. The plate 11 then will be supported by the bridges 14 resting upon the detents 10 which will be engaged in the notches 15, thereby preventing the hook from being accidentally turned to its free sliding position so long as the weight of the drapery 13 is upon it. It will be noted that the detents l0 considerably exceed the bridges 14 in number, permitting a considerable adjustment of the hook 5 relatively to the plate 11.

It will be seen that I have devised a very simple drapery support consisting only of two pieces, both of which may be simple stampings, readily adjustable one to the other. The plates 11 may be quickly detached from a drapery, as well as the hooks 5, and it is not essential to put them back in the same positions.

Modifications will occur to those skilled in the art, and are to be considered as included in this invention whenever they fall within the scope and spirit of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A drapery support comprising a hook having an elongated shank, a plurality of spaced detents on one side of said shank, a plate having means for attachment to a drapery, and a plurality of vertically spaced and aligned bridges on said plate having each a major dimension and a minor dimension, said bridges permitting passage of said shank therethrough when said detents are turned in the direction of said major dimension and preventing passage of said shank when said detents are turned in the direction of said minor dimension.

2. A drapery support according to claim 1 in which said detents are spaced on said shank at distances evenly divisible into the distances at which said bridges are spaced in number.

3. A drapery support according to claim 1 in which said bridges have notches on their lower sides for engagement with said detents, said engagement preventing rotation of said shank.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 68,092 Lippincott Aug. 27, 1867 2,147,910 Martin Feb. 21, 1939 2,523,535 Little Sept. 26, 1950 2,708,777 Meyer May 24, 1955 

